Chi Xiaoqiu, a national first-class actor, a famous descendant of the Cheng Sect, and a famous contemporary Peking Opera artist. He is currently a deputy to the National People's Congress, a director of the Chinese Dramatists Association, the head of the Beijing Peking Opera Youth League, the secretary of the party branch and the lead actor.
Born in 1965 in Fuxin City, Liaoning Province, at the age of 11, he entered the Fuxin Opera School to learn drama, with a deep foundation in literature and martial arts, he began to study the Cheng School in 1981, and in 1983 he was taught by Mr. Wang Yinqiu, a disciple of Master Cheng Yanqiu. In 1984, at the age of 19, he won the second Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, becoming a famous and popular Cheng sect heir who won the appreciation of experts in the opera industry and was loved by the audience.
Award-winning experience
Won the 2nd Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award. (1984)
The State Council grants special government allowances. (1992)
Won the National Peking Opera Youth Team New Repertoire Outstanding Performance Award. (1992)
Won the first place in China's first "Mei Lanfang Gold Award Nomination Award". (1993)
Won the 7th Wenhua Award of the Chinese Ministry of Culture. (1997)
Won the Liaoning Province "Virtue and Art Double Xin" literary and artistic artist. (1999)
Selected for "Chinese Peking Opera Hundred Beauty Map". (2005)
Represents the repertoire
"Suolin Capsule", "Dou E'er", "Tears of the Barren Mountain", "Peacock Southeast Flying", "Jasper Hairpin", "Spring Dream", "Shilang Visiting Mother", "Judge's Mother" and so on.
Chi Xiaoqiu, a famous Peking opera artist who went out from Shenyang, returned to her "mother's house" to perform, and she called this performance a "reward for grace" trip, thanks to the cultivation of her Liaoshen land, so that we launched a specially planned "Liaoshen Famous Artists Now" column. Here, there are both famous artists born and developed in Liaoshen, as well as famous artists who are not natives, but who have an important life course and have achieved outstanding achievements in Liaoshen, and their dedication to culture and art and their ideological perceptions that are not known to ordinary people are the main themes of this column. Listening to the words of famous artists, bathing in the sunshine of culture, and letting them still shine become a reference and an experience, and strive to inject a thick cultural heritage and vitality into Shenyang, a big cultural city.
With a cordial handshake and a warm greeting, Chi Xiaoqiu, a famous modern Peking opera artist and a descendant of the Cheng Sect who returned to Shenyang yesterday to perform, was always in a state of excitement. She has not returned to Shenyang for a long time to perform, she told reporters that this performance is different from usual, this is the first performance organized by her as the head of the Beijing Peking Opera Troupe Youth League, and she hopes that the performance in Shenyang Bayi Theater on the 28th and 29th can make Shenyang fans feel her grateful heart.
A belief that the name of pear garden is not false
This time when he returned from Beijing to perform, Chi Xiaoqiu had a lot of feelings. Chi Xiaoqiu said that since learning drama at the age of 11, she can be said to have "walked" out of her own stage path. Chi Xiaoqiu told reporters that she was born poor, at the age of 11, she was sent by her family to Shenyang Fuxin Opera School to learn drama, and then she was sent to Shanghai by the school to learn drama with Teacher Wang Yinqiu, and she held the belief that "we must get ahead" since she was a child, and she usually studied drama very hard and seriously, and her talent was slowly displayed, at the age of 17, she officially worshiped Cheng Yanqiu's disciple Wang Yinqiu as a teacher, and at the age of 19, she won the highest award of Chinese drama - the second drama plum blossom award. But under the heavy name, for more than 20 years, Chi Xiaoqiu did not stop moving forward, but insisted on practicing every day, whether in the early 80s, when the opera was the most popular, or when the opera was the most depressed and sluggish in the later years, Chi Xiaoqiu saw many Peking Opera actors around her change their professions to learn to sing and go to the cave, and she never wavered. Just like this, gritting her teeth finally waited until today, still obsessive, "singing opera will go to the broadest stage", Chi Xiaoqiu's self-proclaimed "gritted teeth to do things" personality finally made her become a favorite cheng pai heiress of theater fans.
A true heart to go home and perform as a reward
Since 1991 transferred to Shenyang Peking Opera House for more than ten years, Chi Xiaoqiu and Shenyang Peking Opera House have formed an indissoluble relationship, as the top star of Shenyang Peking Opera House, she often leads the troupe to perform throughout the country, won countless honors, countless performances on the stage also made Chi Xiaoqiu a remarkable pear garden master. Speaking of her experience in Shenyang for more than ten years, Chi Xiaoqiu said that she came out of her hometown very early, and she had long regarded Shenyang as her home, and it was the fertile land of Shenyang that gave her the stage to grow up so that she had today's achievements, so as the honorary president of Shenyang Peking Theater, she can never forget this love. Speaking of this performance back to her hometown, Chi Xiaoqiu said that this is the first performance she led the Beijing Peking Opera Youth Troupe back to Shenyang, which is of great significance to her, this is a performance of her gratitude, and she hopes that the audience in Shenyang can feel her true feelings during the performance. She also hopes that through their performances, more people can like Peking Opera and do their part to cultivate young audiences.
A choice to dare to be the first in the year of confusion
2005 was an extraordinary year for Chi Xiaoqiu, as she chose to enter Beijing to join the Beijing Opera House. In the eyes of ordinary people, Chi Xiaoqiu, who entered Beijing, will be better than in Shenyang in terms of status and treatment, and whoever changes will have to go, but there are also many secrets that are not known. Chi Xiaoqiu said that for someone like her who has passed the age of confusion, it is indeed a difficult thing to make such a decision, after all, her relationship with Shenyang is very deep, but in order to restore the many classic plays of the Cheng School and promote the better development of Peking Opera, she resolutely chose to go to Beijing. This time back in Shen, the reporter found that Chi Xiaoqiu had another post, that is, the head of the Beijing Opera House Youth League. Speaking of the new title, Ms. Chi said she had just been hired at the Beijing Opera House competition, something she had never thought before. But she felt that she was working the stage, and she should not relax outside the stage, and she hoped to further promote the Cheng School and promote the development of Peking Opera art by taking the market and other ways, which was also something that should be done, so she participated in the competition. For her own choice, Chi Xiaoqiu said that it is not a small challenge for her, but it is also a good way to stimulate her passion, and she is willing to try.
An autumn character Cheng Pai's descendants did not dare to forget
Cheng Yanqiu, Wang Yinqiu, Chi Xiaoqiu, it may be the same "Qiu" character in this name that allows the essence of Cheng School art to be passed on from generation to generation, which is also the mission that Chi Xiaoqiu does not dare to forget. Chi Xiaoqiu said that her name was her biggest motivation, because when she thought of Cheng Pai's predecessors, she couldn't stop her steps. She said that an actor of her age must insist on practicing every day, otherwise if he does not advance, he will retreat. The reporter learned that in the past two years or so, Chi Xiaoqiu has re-rehearsed a series of Chengpai plays such as "Suolin Capsule", "Dou E'e Grievance", "Yutang Chun" and "Jade Hairpin", which can be said to have played a very good role in promoting and protecting the inheritance and development of Cheng Pai art, which is also the most gratifying thing for Chi Xiaoqiu. She told reporters that the "Suolin Capsule", "Yutang Spring", "War Horse Chao", "Empty City Plan" and so on that returned to Shenyang this time were rearranged, and they were very distinctive in terms of costume design and stage design, which would give the audience a refreshing feeling. She said that no matter where she is in the future, she will always be in office to fight for the cause of Peking Opera, and she will always strive to make her greatest contribution to the cause of Peking Opera.
(Article author Gai Yun photography Wang Jiang)